With the holidays hitting this weekend, a family friendly zoo tale does box office battle with a dizzying espionage thriller and the feel bad movie of Christmas. If you want to spend your holiday revels, relishing inspiring true tales, action-packed adventures, and deeply dark tales of revenge, we got you covered with the best of movies now available online through Netflix.

When seeking the elusive truth behind a missing girl’s disappearance, a dedicated journalist (Daniel Craig) crosses paths with an edgy but enchanting young hacker. Rooney Mara stars as Lisbeth Salander, the controversial It girl of Stieg Larsson’s Millenium trilogy. David Fincher directs.

Wait? What? Scarlett Johansson is only 27 today?!
We certainly don't mean that in a bad way. After all, the birthday girl looks better than ever.
It's just that it feels like the stunning star has always been in our collective consciousness.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Scarlett's been doing what she does best since the age of 10 and has been wowing us ever since with her work in such films as The Horse Whisperer, Ghost World, Lost in Translation, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Iron Man 2. (Just to name a few.)
And she certainly shows no sign of slowing down. Scarlett will soon be seen opposite Matt Damon in We Bought a Zoo and the highly anticipated multi-hero action
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The bestselling author of The Horse Whisperer bares his soul about the event that nearly killed him - and almost tore apart his family

Nicholas Evans is a celebrated storyteller, and the story he tells me is a cracker. A man and his wife go to stay with her brother and sister-in-law, a titled couple who live on a beautiful estate in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands. On a balmy August evening, the man goes out and picks some mushrooms. He brings them back, fries them up in some butter, sprinkles parsley over them, and the family enjoy a relaxing evening meal.

The following morning all four awake feeling not quite right. By lunchtime they are seriously ill. They consult a book in the kitchen – a guide to wild mushrooms – and leaf through until they find a photograph. Anxiously they scan the text, and see the chilling words: deadly poisonous.
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There is good reason why conspiracy theorists have so much fun with the Abraham Lincoln/JFK question (based on some spooky similarities in both men’s presidencies and assassinations) – aside from the kind of spooky facts that would have Oliver Stone exploding with apoplectic outrage – the story is also one overflowing with intrigue. But rather than focus on the events of the assassination, or even at the wider influence Lincoln had as an innovative leader and civil rights exponent, Robert Redford‘s The Conspirator – the first feature from the American Film Company – focuses on a comparatively smaller, but no less important story in Mary Surratt’s trial as a co-conspirator in the plot to assassinate Lincoln.

Surratt (played by Robin Wright) was implicated in the plot after she gave rooms to John Wilkes Booth and his cohorts (including her own son, John), which ultimately lead to her arrest, imprisonment and trial.
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Dolce & Gabbana describe this video as "revealing the provocative yet effortless femininity of the eternal diva." Effortless? They must not have watched the video, then again, my assumption is they aren't referring to Scarlett Johansson as that "diva" only that she is pretending to be the "eternal diva".
Titled "The One" and directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino (he directed "Human Nature" video) I personally look at it as a mess no matter what the point of it is supposed to be. The only thing it did as far as I'm concerned is remind me that Scarlett Johansson has never lived up to any kind of real promise as an actress.
I guess the biggest question is to ask if Scarlett is playing herself in this piece? Playing an actress? Playing an actress playing an actress? Or playing an actress, playing an actress who is an actress that has lost all identity
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Considering the star power he still wields both in front of and behind the camera, it's extraordinary that Robert Redford's latest (admittedly preachy) drama The Conspirator (2010, Universal, 12) managed to come and go almost unnoticed in UK cinemas. The first salvo from the American Film Company, which has a remit to make "historically accurate" dramas, this solidly constructed and surprisingly engrossing affair concerns the kangaroo court set up in 1865 in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Called to defend the demonised Mary Surratt (Robin Wright) in whose boarding house the killers allegedly hatched their plot, Union war hero and upcoming lawyer Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy) is forced to question his political loyalties, learning along the way that civil liberties are not to be disposed of lightly.

The cable channel announced Tuesday (Oct. 11) that it will air "Behind the Candelabra," which will star Michael Douglas as the famed pianist and showman and Matt Damon as Scott Thorson, his assistant/lover whose 1982 palimony suit publicly outed Liberace.

Soderbergh and Damon -- who recently worked together on "Contagion" -- have been talking about the film on and off for the past couple of years, but it hadn't completely come together until now. Filming of Richard Lagravenese's ("Water for Elephants," "The Horse Whisperer") script is scheduled to begin next summer. A premiere date hasn't been set.

"I've wanted to make a film about Liberace for a very long time, and after the amazing experience I had with HBO on 'His Way,' I knew that they were absolutely the right place for this movie,
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It doesn't matter if you're or a "horse person" (we all know one) or not, the story of Buck Brannaman will entertain you. This is the guy who was the inspiration for the Robert Redford film The Horse Whisperer and he travels the country setting up week-long camps where equestrians can bring their steeds and learn his unique method for training them and cutting down their bad behavior. His story has been brought to film as Buck, a look at his practice and showing how he deals with a horse seemingly beyond reprieve. Buck rides to DVD on October 4th and to celebrate its release into the wild we're giving away a copy to one lucky reader.

Terri (20th Century Fox) An awkward, obese teen (Jacob Wysocki) finds himself forming an odd friendship with his equally left-of-center vice-principal (John C. Reilly), who decides to help the boy navigate his way through adolescence’s rocky road. Low key film is filled with pathos and humor, but is ultimately too laid back for its own good (not to mention too long). Worth seeing for young Wysocki’s amazing, completely natural performance, and Reilly’s goofy charm. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurette; Deleted scenes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.

Mr. Nice (Mpi) Rhys Ifans stars in the true story of Howard Marks, a Welsh-born Oxford grad who gained the most notoriety in his life for being the UK’s biggest hashish smuggler during the ‘70s and ‘80s, when he wasn’t busy spying for Her Majesty’s government, hanging out with a
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The Audience Award winner at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, documentary movie Buck unveils the real-life story of Buck Brannaman, a bona fide American cowboy and sage on horseback who travels the country for nine months a year helping horses with people problems.

The first film directed by Cindy Meehl, Buck chronicles the life of Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A true “horse whisperer,” he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Possessing what has been described as “magical abilities,” Brannaman dramatically transforms horses – and people – with understanding, compassion and respect.

An awful lot has happened in the three-and-half years since we last rounded up ten lesser-known facts about Hollywood superstar Scarlett Johansson. In fact, quite a bit has happened this week alone! In the hope of giving you a fix of Scarlett that won't get her lawyers sending us angry letters (or your boss giving you the sack!) we've looked over the more recent archives for ten newer facts about one of the most talked-about movie stars of our time. 1. Scarlett was born in New York City on November 22, 1984 and has an older sister Vanessa and an older brother named Adrian. She also has a three-minute younger twin brother Hunter, who appeared with her in 1996 comedy drama Manny & Lo. 2. She was just nine when she made her film debut as Laura Nelson in Rob Reiner's North. Scarlett's starred in loads of films since, from The Horse Whisperer (more)
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The film’s Depression-era story concerns Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson), a young man with little money who abandons his veterinary studies at Cornell University following the sudden death of his parents. With no other family or home, Jacob stows away on a train carrying performers of The Benzini Brothers circus, leading to him to being hired as a veterinarian for the troupe’s animals.
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We haven’t seen Scarlett Johansson on the big screen since her appearance in Iron Man 2 in May of 2010. But the stunning star has a movie coming out on December 23, 2011. “We Bought a Zoo” is the story of a family who moves to Southern California to restore a struggling zoo. Until then, enjoy her gallery!

Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. Johansson made her film debut in the 1994 film North and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in 1996’s Manny & Lo. Johansson rose to fame with her roles in 1998’s
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I ran into Buck Brannaman on the main drag at Sundance this January, decked out in his cowboy boots and hat, spreading warmth and cheer as he moved down the street. The guy's a star: the magic charisma that works on horses, no matter how disturbed, shines out of him in person, too. He's the guy who inspired Robert Redford's 1998 The Horse Whisperer; he hit it off with the filmmaker/star on that film during "one of the finest summers I can remember," and was delighted to hang with him opening night in Park City. For the past decade Brannaman and Redford have been busy "doing our own thing," Brannaman says. "We have not been able to spend time. This was a great reunion for
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The film reveals a man whose talent for training horses is rooted in a deeply traumatic childhood at the hands of an abusive father. The film, which won an award at the Sundance film festival, is now playing at more than 200 cinemas across the Us: a huge number for a small documentary. "An exceptional slice of Americana about the kind of unsung hero America loves to love,
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